Foot-power stand



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C. E. STEVENS.

FOOT POWER STAND.

No. 354,446. Patented Den. 14, 1886.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

CHARLES EDWIN STEVENS, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOOT-POWER STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,446, dated December14, 1886.

Application filed April 26, 1886. Serial No. 200,148. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:l

Be it known that I, CHARLES EDWTN STE- VENs, of Northampton, in thecounty ofHampshire, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Foot-Power Stands; and I do herebydeclare the same to be described in the following speciication andrepresented in t-he accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is a topview, Fig. 2 a side elevation,and Fig. 3 a vertical and median section,of a foot-power stand of my invention, the nature of which is dened inthe claim hereinafter presented. l

In such drawings, A denotes a standard having extended through andfulcrumed to it a treadle, B. The upper part, a, of this standard isslotted vertically to receive a clampscrew, b, which goes through theslot and screws into a slide, C, provided with a tongue, c, to enter agroove, d, in the said part a, such tongue and groove being to guide theslide C in its movements either upward or downward relatively to suchpart a. At its upper end the slide C is provided with two parallel ears,e and f, projecting forward from it, as represented, in the lower oneot' which is a clampscrew, g, that screws through the ear, such ears andclamp-screw being for fastening the slide to a bench or the top of atable. Besides such ears there are to the'slide two others, it, thatproject backward from it and support an arbor or shaft, k, provided witha grooved pulley or wheel, Z. The said shaft may have upon itconcentrically, and between the ears M, a Wheel, n, that may be used asa guiding-wheel or as a pulley for carrying an endless belt for puttingin operation a sewing-machine or other mechanism on the bench or table.The

slide C at its lower part supports the journal of a larger groovedwheel, o, which is joined to the treadle by a connecting-bar, p, pivotedto both wheel and treadle. An endless band, i', works around the wheelso and l.

A workman, by applying one or both of his feet to the treadle andvibrating it, can put the wheel 0 in revolution, and thereby cause thearbor or shaft l.' to revolve. By having the slide C separate from andadjustable in altitude on the standard A, the footpower77 can be adaptedand fastened toa table or bench, whatever may be the height of its topfrom the floor on which the stand may rest, provided such height is notabovethe reach of the clamping-ears of the slide when the slide is atits highest altitude.

The combination of the standard A, provided with the treadle andconnecting-bar, with the slide C, adjustable, as described, on suchstandard, and having devices for clamping it thereto and to a bench ortop of a table, and also having ears projecting rearwardly from it, anarbor supported by or in such ears, a wheel fixed on such arbor, andanother and larger wheel pivoted to it, the said slide, and joined tothe treadle by the connecting-bar, an endless band being applied to thewheels, and all being substantially and to operate as specified.

CHARLES EDWIN STEVENS.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, S. N. PIPER.

